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If you are a science nerd who is ever bored, NASA has a YouTube channel filled with videos that might tickle your fancy, and among them is a live feed from the International Space Station. Recently, the astronauts on the ISS were doing some routine maintenance on the station but as the camera rolled, a pinecone shaped metallic object moved past the space station before turning upward and shooting off into space.

Scott C. Waring, the founder of UFO Sightings Daily, was the one who first spotted the unidentified flying object, and he posted a video showing exactly where it was and what it looks like. He explained, "I was watching the NASA live space station cam when I noticed the camera zooming in on a strange object coming from below the space station. At first I thought it was a capsule or satellite, but its speed increased, and after 22 minutes it shot up and into deep space. I believed if it was a capsule it would have gone into low earth orbit then lower to land, but when this object shot upward into deep space, it literally blew my mind. This could be USAF top-secret alien tech fused craft, but I dont think so, the person on the camera seemed dismayed and unprepared for its sudden appearance."

As Scott points out, whoever at NASA was controlling the camera noticed the object as well because they zoomed in on it. No one from the space agency has commented yet on what it could be, but it isn't the first time something like this has happened. In 2016, a strange light was spotted near Earth on the NASA live feed. Soon after it appeared, the feed was cut. NASA later stated the object was either space junk, a reflection, or light from Earth.

If you want to keep an eye out for UFOs on the NASA ISS live feed, you can here.

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A Central Florida high school student is part of military history after she was given her oath by an astronaut on the International Space Station.Linsey Alexander is a teenager with a big future ahead of her and ready to make history. She was one of a thousand or so military recruits who were sworn in from 150 places all around the country.The oath was given by Col. Andrew Morgan, an astronaut on the International Space Station.Alexander submitted a question that was read to Col. Morgan from the space center in Houston."In what ways did you overcome obstacles, so we as future soldiers can take those lessons with us into our careers?" she asked.The answer she got from Morgan was: Don't quit."I can't stress that enough. Things that are worth doing are difficult," Morgan said. "That's always a good motto to follow, no matter what you're doing.You should never give up, if it's something you really want to do," Alexander said.Even though she was sworn in from space, Alexander told WESH 2's Dave McDaniel her desired assignment is closer to the ground. She will become an Army paratrooper, jumping out of planes. She'll make her first jump as soon as she's 18.

A Central Florida high school student is part of military history after she was given her oath by an astronaut on the International Space Station.

Linsey Alexander is a teenager with a big future ahead of her and ready to make history. She was one of a thousand or so military recruits who were sworn in from 150 places all around the country.

The oath was given by Col. Andrew Morgan, an astronaut on the International Space Station.

Alexander submitted a question that was read to Col. Morgan from the space center in Houston.

"In what ways did you overcome obstacles, so we as future soldiers can take those lessons with us into our careers?" she asked.

The answer she got from Morgan was: Don't quit.

"I can't stress that enough. Things that are worth doing are difficult," Morgan said.

"That's always a good motto to follow, no matter what you're doing.You should never give up, if it's something you really want to do," Alexander said.

Even though she was sworn in from space, Alexander told WESH 2's Dave McDaniel her desired assignment is closer to the ground. She will become an Army paratrooper, jumping out of planes. She'll make her first jump as soon as she's 18.

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Today, a ceremony will take place from the International Space Station for the first ever Future Solider Swear-In from space.

Officials say the ceremony will be held in over 300 locations in the United States.

About 110 Future Soldiers from across Oklahoma, out of 850 from across the U.S., will raise their hands in oath of enlistment ceremony with NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Col. Andrew Morgan, who is on-board the International Space Station.

Below are the Oklahoma locations who will be hosting the ceremony:

Lawton, Okla. - Eisenhower High SchoolShawnee, Okla - Gordon Cooper Technology CenterPryor, Okla. - Pryor High SchoolSouthmoore High School - Moore, Okla.

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The International Space Station will be visible in Louisville skies throughout the week.The space station will look like an airplane or very bright star moving across the sky, except it doesnt have flashing lights or change direction, according to NASA's website. It will also be moving considerably faster than a typical airplane.All sightings will occur within a few hours before or after sunrise or sunset. NASA officials said this is the optimum viewing period as the sun reflects off the space station and contrasts against the darker sky.The station will be visible in Louisville in short spurts through March 1. The station will make its appearance Sunday at 6:06 a.m. for 5 minutes, Monday at 5:21 a.m. for 1 minute, Monday at 6:55 a.m. for 5 minutes, and Tuesday at 6:09 a.m. for 4 minutes. For more information on when you can spot the station and its exact coordinates, visit spotthestation.nasa.gov.Two new exhibits are open at the Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium. The ISS-Above gives visitors a real time live stream look at earth from the International Space Station. The second exhibit teaches visitors about the Sloan Digital Sky survey, a 20-year project to map 300 million stars and galaxies.

The International Space Station will be visible in Louisville skies throughout the week.

The space station will look like an airplane or very bright star moving across the sky, except it doesnt have flashing lights or change direction, according to NASA's website. It will also be moving considerably faster than a typical airplane.

All sightings will occur within a few hours before or after sunrise or sunset. NASA officials said this is the optimum viewing period as the sun reflects off the space station and contrasts against the darker sky.

The station will be visible in Louisville in short spurts through March 1. The station will make its appearance Sunday at 6:06 a.m. for 5 minutes, Monday at 5:21 a.m. for 1 minute, Monday at 6:55 a.m. for 5 minutes, and Tuesday at 6:09 a.m. for 4 minutes.

For more information on when you can spot the station and its exact coordinates, visit spotthestation.nasa.gov.

Two new exhibits are open at the Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium. The ISS-Above gives visitors a real time live stream look at earth from the International Space Station. The second exhibit teaches visitors about the Sloan Digital Sky survey, a 20-year project to map 300 million stars and galaxies.

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China's space program is planning a launch in April to prepare for building the country's next space station.

A Long March 5B rocket will carry a "trial version" of China's new spaceship, which is designed to carry crews of up to six people, state media source Xinhua said. Previous Chinese spaceships carried up to three taikonauts, the term used to describe Chinese astronauts.

While the April mission will carry neither people nor pieces of the future space station, it is expected to prepare Chinese officials for space station construction, the report added.

Related: China readies its new deep-space crew capsule for 1st test flight

The Long March 5B is a modified version of China's heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket, which began flying in 2016. The China Manned Space Agency designed the 5B for the space station and large crewed spacecraft, Xinhua said.

China plans to finish the space station by 2022, after more than 10 missions for construction and in-orbit assembly. The station will be shaped like a T, with a core module, called Tianhe, at the center and one lab capsule on either side of that.

All told, the station will offer up to 5,650 cubic feet (160 cubic meters) of living space across the three modules. That's a little more than one-third of the space on the International Space Station, which has 13,696 cubic feet (388 cubic meters) of room, not including temporary expansions from visiting spaceships.

Unlike previous Chinese space stations, which required water launched from Earth, water on the new space station will be recovered from water vapor the astronauts exhale and from urine that is recycled and purified, Xinhua said. This space station will also carry machinery that can produce supplemental oxygen, Xinhua added.

The Chinese space complex will also have room for science experiments in fields ranging from astronomy to basic physics to life science, using more than a dozen experiment racks. China also plans to launch an optical telescope on a capsule flying "in the same orbit," Xinhua said.

China's first space station, the one-room Tiangong-1, launched in 2011 and burned up in Earth's atmosphere seven years later. The vehicle helped China master the technologies and procedures needed to build bigger stations.

A successor, Tiangong-2, launched in 2016 to support longer-duration missions. China's most recent crewed launch, in October 2016, sent two taikonauts to Tiangong-2 for 33 days, a record for consecutive time spent in space for China.

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Those of us back here on Earth will have several chances over the next seven days, including a couple particularly good chances, to spot the International Space Station as it orbits our planet.

Even with the best sky conditions, NASA projects that only iffy chances to see the ISS will present themselves this week.

None of the upcoming opportunities will see the ISS as high over the horizon as 40 degrees, the minimum point for which NASA issues one of its Spot the Station alerts.

NASA explains, The horizon is at zero degrees, and directly overhead is 90 degrees. If you hold your fist at arms length and place your fist resting on the horizon, the top will be about 10 degrees. Each additional fist-depth above the horizon is roughly another 10 degrees of elevation.

Here are this weeks opportunities:

The sighting opportunities occur within a few hours before or after sunrise or sunset, which are the periods when the Sun reflects off the space station and contrasts against the darker sky.

According to NASA, "the space station looks like an airplane or a very bright star moving across the sky, except it doesnt have flashing lights or change direction. It will also be moving considerably faster than a typical airplane (airplanes generally fly at about 600 miles per hour; the space station flies at 17,500 miles per hour).

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